u/Alone_Top_4333

Been playing about a year, self taught, sitting in the 750s on chess.com rapid and playing 4-5 games a day. I’m not lazy about it. I’ve done the chess.com lessons, tried Chessable courses, even the Duolingo chess thing. They all have the same problem: they tell me WHAT the move is, none of them teach me WHY it’s the move.

I can play book openings fine. Then move 12 arrives, there’s no book left, and I genuinely don’t know how to decide between three sensible looking moves. Game review shows me the eval dropped, cool, but “you should have played Rd1” with no reasoning teaches me nothing. Next game, same type of mistake, different square.

What I’m looking for is anything (book, course, video series, method, whatever) that teaches decision making itself. How you choose a move when nothing is forced. How you build a plan from the position instead of memorising lines.